Adam Dalgliesh · Book 6
Death of an Expert Witness
- Published
- 1 January 1977
- Pages
- 1256
- ISBN-13
- 9780745174730
- Type
- novel
About this book
At 1256 pages the longest book in the Adam Dalgliesh lineup, Death of an Expert Witness (1977) is the sixth novel in P. D. James's series, continuing her practice of setting each case inside a distinct professional institution and using the investigation to expose the tensions within it. It follows The Black Tower.
Its place in Adam Dalgliesh
Death of an Expert Witness is book 6 in the Adam Dalgliesh series. It follows The Black Tower. It is followed by A Taste for Death. See the full Adam Dalgliesh reading order.
Adam Dalgliesh is a Scotland Yard Commander who is also a published, critically respected poet -- a deliberate pairing that lets P. D. James write murder mysteries with the density and moral seriousness of literary fiction. Across fourteen novels spanning nearly half a century, James sets her cases in tightly closed, institutional worlds -- a forensic science lab, a theological college, a private psychiatric clinic, a publishing house, a remote island retreat -- and uses the murder investigation to expose the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780745174730